March, 2011

When one thinks of manners, they don’t often think of APPEARANCE as registering on the “rude richter scale.” But when you really think about it, it kind of makes sense. Your outward appearance speaks volumes and often sets the tone for how YOU feel about yourself…. And we all know the saying… if you don’t feel good about yourself, no one else will…. Well, today my partner Lisa Gache and I explore this subject and talk about why maybe my mom uniform of yoga pants and an American Apparel pullover is sending the wrong message…
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Manners Monday Appearance from lisagache on Vimeo.
Lisa’s Tips:
Ø Moms, set your alarm so you ...Read More

What do you do when your kid won’t sleep? No, I mean WON’T. SLEEP. And I don’t mean a 5 month old who sleeps for 5 hours at a time and wakes up to feed, for the occasional 2 am or 6am feed. (Please, cry me a river). No. I mean, a 3 1/2 year old who can walk, talk and “Beautiful Mind,” him AND you out of any sleeping scenario.
What. Do. You. Do.?
Traditional sleep training doesn’t work because he doesn’t stay put. As stated, said child will waltz right out of room, plop down with me on the couch and ask me what song they’re singing ...Read More

Just in time for Spring, I’m giving myself a mini (major) makeover – in the wardrobe department. I was contacted by LA Stylist Robin Saperstein, of High Heel in a Haystack, to see if I’d be interested in having a fashion makeover. (Hell to the yes!) Next week, she’ll come over and in about 4 hours, we’ll go through my closet and try on EVERYTHING.
Robin will help me decide what to toss (donate to charity) and what to keep. Based on what we keep, she’ll not only help me organize my closet, but determine what goes with what. Basically, I’ll be shopping my own closet! Love it. After our ...Read More

Tori Spelling is seriously one cool chick. She’s fashionable, funny, and what I consider to be the best multi-tasker on the planet. From television, to books, to her handsome husband, to her most prized possessions, Liam and Stella, it seems like there’s nothing she can’t do.
I’m excited to share an interview I did with Tori for my friends at Red Tricycle. Check it out!
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As most of us scratch our heads amidst work deadlines, packing lunches, soccer games, and the occasional date night (huh?), wondering where in the world they sell that magical pill called “Balance,” there is one mom who seems to be able to manage it all…and then ...Read More

I would say my right hand has tingled, gone numb, and/or ached off and on for the last two years or so. Though I am plagued by hypochondria, this is one ailment I’m certain isn’t fatal… Unless of course you start thinking about the radiation that could be permeating into my brain or ears or hand… But I digress…
No. My finger/hand/arm issue/disease is entirely impart to an electronic device/appendage that takes pictures (HD ones, at that), video chats, houses thousands of songs and useless games, and tells me where in Africa I can find a Starbucks.
I live for my iPhone. And my fingers pay for it. As do my ...Read More

Ladies, I don’t know about you, but when I flip through all the fashion magazines, I am overcome with jealousy. Feelings of WANT and NEED become one and the same and I find myself fantasizing about an intense shopping spree (on someone else’s dime) followed by a jaunt to the Amalfi Coast where I can wear this “weekend-Island-Date Night-travel” look inspired by said magazine. (A girl can only dream right?)
Well, guess what, I’m kind of going to make our/your dream come true. I’m excited to announce that I’ve partnered up with Lucky Magazine to bring you Lucky Shops LA. Lucky Shops is the Ultimate Shopping Event. On April 8th and ...Read More

When Jonah was a baby, I read a lot of books on “Attachment Parenting….”
I think I missed the chapter about how to handle a child literally attaching themselves to you… when you’re trying to make lunch, or get dressed…
… it was like an appendage… that I had no choice but to drag with me wherever I went….
I missed that part on Attachment Parenting. Especially the part where said child knows it’s funny and knows you kind of think it’s funny too.

Last night on the season finale of “The Bachelor,” Brad Womack chose Emily Maynard, the single mom from Charlotte, N.C. who’s tragic story of love and loss literally brought tears to my eyes each and every time she told it. I don’t know if it was how perfectly put together without looking cheesy (like bachelorettes so easily do) she always was, OR the fact that she was a single mom, but I was rooting for Emily from the beginning. Sure, the fact that she seemed closed off and dull concerned me, but the old producer (Bachelor producer, in fact) knew that there HAD to be more. That this guy could ...Read More

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Manners Monday: Road Rage! from lisagache on Vimeo.
Many months ago, I was driving with Jonah and running late (as usual). We pulled up at a stop light and though the light was green, the car in front of me decided to slow down and virtually stop. I laid on my horn and without thinking said, “GO! DOUCHE!” Sure enough, not two seconds later, a little gold fished crusted mouth, as if he were driving himself, blurted “Gooooo. Douuuuuuuuuuuuuuche!”
Oops.
There’s no doubt about it. When it comes to setting a good example of manners for Jonah, I have two unfortunate things working for me: I swear like a truck driver, ...Read More

Though bedtime has become a battle in my house as of late, there are actually a few sweet rituals that have little to no hysteria-three year-old-hostage stand-off- negotiation type qualities. One of those rituals happens to be a discussion about dreams… After I’ve told him a story about how houses are built in a factory run by five men named Bob, Steve, Joe, Fred, and Roger (don’t ask), I rock him in the chair and tell him to have sweet dreams. Of course, conversation ensues…
J: What should I dream about, Mommy?
Me: Tonight, you should dream about chocolate chips, rainbows and Giraffes who play the violin—
J: No, no, no, Mommy. I’m ...Read More